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The Healthcare Professional’s In-Depth Guide to Specialist Seating for MND eBook
A 41-page guide to specialist seating for motor neurone disease, for OTs, physiotherapists, nurses and seating assessors.
A free, 41-page guide to seating people with motor neurone disease, written for occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nurses and seating assessors. MND changes fast. The chair that fits in spring can be causing harm by autumn, and a dropped head or a slumped pelvis affects breathing, swallowing, skin and communication all at once. This guide brings together the MND-specific detail that general seating guidance tends to skip, so you can prescribe for the person they are becoming as well as the person in front of you today.
What is inside
- How MND changes the seated body: the trunk, head drop, the pelvis and breathing.
- Seating goals for the early, middle and late stages, with a worked example.
- Six common postural presentations, from posterior pelvic tilt and head drop to windsweeping and extensor thrust, each with causes, problems and solutions.
- Pressure care in MND, tilt in space versus recline, and why the cushion cover matters.
- Positioning for breathing, non-invasive ventilation, swallowing and eye-gaze communication.
- Head and neck support, and the five key seat measurements.
- Justifying and reviewing seating in a fast-moving disease, plus three case scenarios.
- Two resources to take away: an MND-specific seating assessment form and a head-support decision aid.
If you would like an introduction first, watch our webinar Comfort from Diagnosis to End of Life: Specialist Seating for People with MND, or read our guide to specialist seating for MND symptoms.
